Method of making knit silk waists.



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Mariani) or Maxine KNIT SILK wafers.

Application led March 17, 1917.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, CLAUDE C. HYDE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Otisville, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful vImprovements in Methods of Making Knit Silk Vaists; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

This invention relates to the method and means of forming a silk knit shirt waist, and to this end the invention consists in marking the size and shape of each of the various pieces constituting the waist upon a single piece of silk knit goods, then stitched around each piece on the marked line, after which each piece is cut outside and around the said stitching, ecch of said pieces being then stitched together into waist formation.

A further object of the invention is to bind each of the edges of each seam with a piece of binding tape or ribbon to'preserve and give a finishing touch thereto.

A further object of the invention is to sew one edge of a strip of facing material to the bottom of the waist and then fold this facing strip back upon the waist where the opposite edge thereof is stitched to the waist in order to form an open hem.

A still further object of the'invention is to provide an elastic band which is designed to be positioned within said hem to hold the waist firm and in place at the waist line.

With these and other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the appended claim.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure l is a front elevation of my im proved silk knit shirt waist.

Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof.

Fig.' 3 is a fragmentary view of a piece of silk knit goods showing two parts of the waist marked out thereof.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view showing one 4part of the waist stitched upon the marked line and then cut on the knit goods on a line outside of the stitching.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 24U, 1917.

Serial No. 155,408.

Fig. 5 is a similar view to Fig-4 showing the raw edge bound with tape. l

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a horizontal section of the left front of the shirt waist taken on the line 7--7 of Fig. l.

Fig..8 is a view of a portion of the lower part of the waist showing the method of stitching a strip of facing material thereto.

Fig. 9 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 9 9 of Fig. 2.

Similar characters of reference are used to denote like parts throughout the accompanying drawings and the following description.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the reference numerals 1 and 2 indicate the right and left front, respectively, of my improved silk knit shirt waist, to which is stitched the back 3. A yoke l is stitched to the back and to the right and left front 1 and 2, respectively. Stitched to the yoke 4 is a collar 5 of any desired size or formation. A pair of sleeves 6 are stitched into the waist as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, and it is to be understood, that these sleeves may be of any desired size, shape, or formation, the outer ends thereof being split and secured together inA overlapping relation by suitable fasteners 7.

ln the construction of the waist, the patterns of the various parts are laid upon a single piece of silk knit goods, where the desired size and shape may be marked out. After the various parts of the waist have been marked out on the silk knit goods, each part is stitched, preferably by machine, around the marked line encircling each piece, as indicated by the numeral 8, after which each part is cut out from the silk knit goods. In cutting out each part` the silk knit goods is cut around the outside of each line of stitching on the dotted line as indicated by the reference numeral 9, so as to prevent the raveling out of the edge of each part of Jthe waist while the same is being handled in making the waist. After each piece has been stitched around its marginal edge and out out from the main piece of goods, they are stitched together by machine or otherwise into waist formation. After the various parts of the waist have been stitched together, the edges of the seams are bound with a piece of tape as indicated by the numeral 10, which embraces the stitched raw edge 11 of the part of the Waist 12.

As shown in F ig. 8 the bottom 13 of the waist is stitched adjacent its raw edge as indicated at 14, and stitched from its edge by a single or double row of stitching as indicated by the numeral 15 is a facing strip 16, Which is designed to be lapped back upon the bottom 13 of the Waist and then stitched around at its upper edge to the bottom 13 on the line indicated by the numeral, 17 so as to form an open hem 18 in which is positioned a strip of elastic 19. 'By the use of this elastic 19 it will be seen that it serves to hold the Waist firm and in place at the Waist line.

The left front 2 of the Waist has its raw stitched edge folded upon itself as indicated i by the reference numeral 20 and sewed to the folded edge 20, is a facing strip 21, the

said edge of which is seWed to the front by a row of stitching as indicated at 22. The

right and left fronts of the Waist are attached together by a medium of snap fasteners 23 that are seWed to the facing 21 and to the right front 1. It is, of course,

to be understood that the inner edge of the right front is faced with a facing strip 21 and in the same manner, as the one just described, is attached to the left front 2.

As clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the collar 5 is stitched to the yoke 4 and has its seam or point of connection covered by a facing strip 24.

Claim:

The method of constructinga silk waist consisting of marking the size and shape of each part of the silk Waist on a single piece of silk knit goods, then stitching around each part on the marked line previous to the cutting out of each part of the Waist to prevent raveling of the part after it has been cut out, each part being cut outside and around the said line of stitching, after which the various parts of the silk knit shirt Waist are then stitched together, the seams thereof being bound with 'a piece of tape.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. A

CLAUDE C. HYDE.

Witnesses:

IDA I. CARTER, ANNA HYDE. 

